Arkan Bangura

Arkan Bangura (11 January 1973-) was a Saudi Arabian imam.

Biography
Arkan Bangura was born on 11 January 1973 in Buraydah, Saudi Arabia to a Sunni Muslim family. Bangura became an imam at a mosque in Buraydah and preached Wahhabi doctrines to his followers, and he inspired many Saudi youths to travel to Iraq to fight against the occupying United States forces during the Iraq War. His Wahhabi views were popular with anti-US and anti-West people, but he was criticized by his detractors for convincing people to join al-Qaeda.